Rebels Advance in Guatemala Amid Regional Tensions
Rebels claim movements near Zacapa and Retalhuleu as Guatemalan government accuses Nicaragua of backing the invasion. Honduran authorities order strict neutrality while Col. Castillo reportedly sets a secret headquarters inside Guatemala and early casualty reports surface on Guatemalan radio.
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San Jose
Zacapa
Retalhuleu
Guillermo Toriello
Nicaragua
Col. Castillo
Honduras
J. Edgardo Valenzuela
Guatemala
Guatemala Crisis Sparks United Nations Session Clash
Guatemala appeals to the UN Security Council as the invasion by Honduran and Nicaraguan backed forces escalates. Guatemalan Foreign Minister Toríello cites frontier clashes and air raids with casualties. rebels claim gains and massing of about 5 000 troops led by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas.
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Lodge Jr
11 Nation
Guatemala
Lodge
Panama Canal
United States
Washington
Zacapa
San Jose
Puerto Barrios
Retalhuleu
Associated Press
Guatemala City
el Florida
Ministry of Interior
Jack Rutledge
Rutledge
Pan American
United Nations Security Council
Guillero Toriello
U. S
John E. Peurifoy
Britain
France
Carlos Castillo Armas
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Carlos Enduque Diaz
Retalhulco
San Salvador
Jacobo Urbanez
U S View On War Alarms As Guatemala Crisis Grows
The United States weighs the Guatemalan revolt as 6,000 man army loyalties could decide success. Washington holds talks with OAS, discusses potential actions against Communist intervention, and pledges to keepAmericans safe while monitoring border clashes and outside aid.
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U.S
Washington
White House
Eisenhower
State Department
Quantico
White
Toriello
Peurifoy
Guatemala City
Guatemala
OAS
DeMolay Confab Opens in Midland With New Officers
The West Texas DeMolays annual meeting in Midland named Howard Smith of Big Spring master councilor and George Guy of Lubbock deputy master councilor. About 250 attendees from 11 towns, 28 Lubbock boys, and several adult officials attended as the confab ran Friday to Sunday with a grand banquet, ball, and church services planned.
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Midland
West Texas
Big Spring
Howard Smith
Texas Tech
Lubbock
George Guy
Dennis Lampier
Lames
Cary Coliers
el Paso
Guy
Lubbock de Molays
Allen Jones
Kary Mathis
Sheil Cunningham
Lee
Texas
New Mexico
United States to Send Textbooks to Pakistan Under Provisional Agreement
Karachi June 196F United States will ship American textbooks and technical literature to Pakistan for sale to students under a provisional agreement. Theodore C. Streibert director of the U S Information Agency says similar deals exist with 18 other countries.
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Pakistan
Karachi
United States
Theodore C. Streibert
U. S. Information Agency
Robbery victim and burglaries tied to arrest in Lubbock
William Pickett reported a back of head slugging on Ave N and a $10 billfold loss. Detectives announced the arrest of Armando Rubio amid cleared burglaries at Hut Cafe Jane's Cafe and Malcolm's Radio Shop with three radios and clothing recovered. R. E. Simmons was rushed to West Texas Hospital for gas asphyxiation.
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William Pickett
S&t
Armando Rubio
Ave. C
Lubbock
Rubio
Ave. H
R. E. Simmons
32Nd &T
West Texas Hospital
Rix
Russian Chess Team Enjoys New York Visit
The 14 man Soviet chess squad took a day off from an international match with an American team to tour New York City noting it as big, beautiful, and busy with automobiles and activity during their stay.
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New York
Cotton forecast and price outlook from Lubbock exchange
D C Prince of the Lubbock Cotton Exchange projects a 1 495 802 bale South Plains crop with lint averaging 27 5 cents per pound this fall. At this rate the lint value totals about 191 572 775 dollars, excluding 500 pound bale bases, with Prince noting the sale prospects amid weather damage.
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South Plains
Ers
D. C
Good Wheat and Sorghum Edge South Plains Harvest Outlook
A South Plains survey shows good wheat and grain sorghum prospects boosting the area’s farm economy. Wheat valued around 12 million dollars and sorghum expected to rise in importance could lift total regional output above last year’s levels, with 380 000 acres harvested and yields varying by irrigation.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Floyd County
Bill Rogers
Hale
Hale County
Ollie Liner
Dickens County
Swisher County
Crosby County
Lamb County
Castro County
Youth Suffer Fractures After Vehicle Crash Near Bridge
The injured youth, identified as Clinton, sustained skull, nose and facial fractures and other injuries and remained unconscious Saturday night. Detected by highway workers at 7 a.m. Friday, the wreck may have occurred when he slept at the wheel. Clinton had lived in Lubbock nine years and studied in public schools. his Dallas host family noted details of a bachelor dinner before his trip to Leonard.
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Clinton
Ed Hunter
Lubbock
Hunt County
Arthur Lynch
James L. Clinton
Dallas
Leonard
Fort Worth Man Killed in New Mexico Car Crash
Wilbur H. Miller, 37, of Fort Worth, Texas, was killed when his car collided head on with a vehicle driven by Mrs. Odell Killebrew about 10 miles east of Tucumcari, N M. Eight others including Miller’s two children Susan five and Warren three were injured. Warren suffered a broken leg and the Miller wife and the Killebrews plus their three children were hurt.
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Tucumcari
N.M. U
Wilbur H. Miller
Fort Worth
Tex
Here
Odell Killebrew
Albuquerque
N.N
Miller
Susan
Warren
Phenix City Slaying Quelled by Statewide Edict and FBI Hint
In Phenix City Alabama Gov Gordon Persons ordered a county and citywide closure of liquor and night clubs as Maj Gen Joseph H Harper at Ft Benning calls up troops amid a slaying probe. Attorney Patterson dies from gunfire as FBI considerations surface and suspects are questioned with little clues.
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Ft. Benning
Joseph H. Harper
Persons
Gordon Persons
Phenix City
FBI
Patterson
Argonne
John
Youth Is Shot In Tucumcari Battle
An Indianapolis youth wanted for disarming two Indiana state troopers was shot and seriously wounded in a blaz ing gun duel with a Southern Pacific railway agent in the Tucumcari yard. Harry Dalzell, 21, fired first at Clough Moncus, who returned fire and hit Dalzell in the chest.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Harry Dalzell
Southern Pacific Railway
Clough Moncus
Dalzell
Moncus
Knowland fears Mendes France playing into Reds hands
Senator Knowland says Pierre Mendes France’s pledge to seek Indochina peace within 30 days of resigning invites Communist leverage. He warns a peace at any price could undermine efforts to hold the line in Southeast Asia and strengthen Communist demands.
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Knowland
Mendes-France
Reds
Washington
Calif
Pierre Mendes- France
France
Indochina
Senate
Southeast Asia
Congressional Delegate Farrington Found Dead in Washington
Joseph Rider Farrington, Republican delegate to Congress from Hawaii, was found dead in his office in the Capitol complex at age 56. Metropolitan police said the death appeared due to natural causes based on an initial report. Farrington had served the territory since the early years of statehood.
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Washington
Joseph Rider Farrington
Congress
Hawaii
The
Cop
Farrington
Senator Lester Hunt Death in the Senate Office A Shootout
Senator Lester Hunt died after a self inflicted gunshot wound in his Senate office in the Capitol. An elevator operator noticed the rifle and Hunt was found unconscious by aide Mike Manatos and later died at Casualty Hospital. The brain operation failed and doctors cited injuries too severe to survive. Mrs Hunt and family survived with a son Lester Jr and daughter Mrs Chadwick. Hunt had a career in Wyoming politics from state representative to governor and finally U S senator.
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Page One
Hunt
Senate
Mike Manatos
Casualty Hospital
William Spence
George W. Calver
Capitol
Richard Felber
Metropolitan Police
B. D. Crook
Crook
Frank Barrett
Wyoming
Joseph C. O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Landers
House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Armed Services and Commerce
Littlefield Texas Tech Exes Celebrate With Barbecue
The Littlefield area chapter of the Texas Tech Ex-Students Association hosted a barbecue at the Community Center, then a program and dance. About 52 exes and spouses attended, with members from Anton Spade Orton Amherst Earth Springlike and nearby communities. Officers are Truman Jones president Alvin Cruse vice president Mrs Betty Wright Newton secretary treasurer and Mrs Billie Hopping Watson publicity officer.
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Littlefield
Texas Tech Ex-Students Association
Exes
Anton
Spade
Orton
Ambherst
Earth
Springlike
Truman Jones
Alvin Cruse
Betty Wright Newton
Billie Hopping Watson
GOP Senators Urge Swift Action on Appointee Confirmations
Republican lawmakers pressed Atty. Gen. Brownell to accelerate reviews of nominees for federal judges, attorneys and marshals. Brownell and Deputy Rogers met with senators behind closed doors. Sen. Ferguson said the discussion followed complaints that confirmations were slow to move.
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W Shington
Brownell
William P. Rogers
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Births Reported From Local Hospitals
Congratulations to three families on newborns. Mr. and Mrs. Troy Lee Coon of Morton welcomed a daughter weighing 5 pounds 14 ounces at 4 50 a.m. Saturday in Taylor Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John Arnold of 2721 2nd St. welcomed a son weighing 9 pounds 1% ounces at 2 30 p.m. Saturday in Meth isven Hospital. the father is a police sergeant. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morton of Idalpur Routes L welcomed a son weighing 7 pounds at 5 p.m. Saturday in Methodist Hospital. the father is a policeman.
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Troy Lee Coon
Morton
Taylor Hospital
John Arnold
2Nd St
Methisven Hospital
Charles Morton
Idalpur
Methodist
Whitaker Sentenced in Vernon Murder Case
Whitaker, aided by no visitors beyond a father’s letter, receives the maximum penalty for Joyce Whitaker’s murder. Judge Lindsey imposes sentence after a week-long trial moved from Lubbock, with appeals denied by the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin.
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Whitaker
Burton S. Burks
Clifford Brown
Lubbock
Dist
Travis Shelton
Lindsey
E. P. Dentzer
Grace Fipiscopal Church
James P. Callahan
Holy Family Baptist Church
Vernon
Huntsville
Lubbock County
Grady Harrist
Texas
Jim Geer
Wilbarger County
Loran Smith
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Lena B. White
Joyce
Shane
Department of Public Safety
Reese Air Force Base
French Cabinet welcomes Mendes France shift in aging lineup
The Mendes France government features a cabinet with more than 60 years in four Laniel era ministers and several new faces. Georges Bidault exits the foreign ministry, weakening the Popular Republican Movement’s long grip. Eight MRP members defy party orders to back Mendes France while two who joined ministries face possible party discipline.
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Mendes-France
Laniel
Mendes- France
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Robert Buron
Overseas Territories
Andre Monteil
Navy
McClellan Calls for Staff Shakeup After Hearings
Senator McClellan warns of blocking further public committee hearings until top staff on both sides are fired. He insists the cleanup must not delay ongoing investigations, calling for decisive action after the Potter remarks.
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Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
McClellan
Summer Officially Begins On South Plains Monday
The summer solstice arrives at 4 55 p m CST on Monday with Lub bock seeing a 5 37 a m sunrise and 9 01 p m sunset The U S Weather Bureau notes a hottest forecast with 95 degree high today and continued heat through the weekend Partly cloudy skies and a chance of scattered showers are in the outlook for today
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Lubbock
U. S. Weather Bureau
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el Florido
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Col. Armas
Mexico
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Francisco Fizo
Spain
Casillo Armas
Tomas Sanchez Hernandez
Mexican Armed Forces
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Aruguay
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DeMolay
Prince
Crosby
Garza
Lynn
Deaf Smith
Yoakum County
Terry County
Bailey
Castro
Floyd
Gaines County
Lamb
Olton
Swisher
Brisco
Castro Weccenseees
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Crosby Sescessenes
Dawson Sasceeesss
Floyd Se Veereeesy
Gaines
Terry
Yoakum
Borden
Alabama
Tucumcari Battle
Solon Kills
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SEN
Lester C. Hunt
Texas Tech Exes
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Solons
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